Prebunk: AI-Generated Videos Of Ships Encountering Whales Are Digital Fisherman's Tales -- Boatloads Of Whale-Sized Fin Fiction
“the popular topic has been swallowed up by AI content creators chasing big engagement.”
What happened
The fact-checking site Lead Stories says many of the viral videos showing whales surfacing right beside boats are AI-generated. The fakes add barnacles, scars and water splashing on the lens to look real, and often put a boat in shot so the whale looks enormous.